Stock Photo - 12 June 2020, Brandenburg, Groß Rietz: The castle Groß Rietz. ""I am not the lord of the castle, but art,"" says Percy Bongers. His love for the baroque castle Groß Rietz (Oder-Spree) began ten years ago, when the listed manor house, built around 1700, was still a large construction site. The Brandenburgische Schlösser GmbH had taken over the property with its pink and white façade from the municipality in the mid-1990s to save it from further decay. More than five million euros flowed into the restoration in accordance with the preservation order. At the same time, a new user was sought for the 1,100 square meters. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Groß Rietz/Brandenburg/Germany